Flash freezing route to mesoporous polymer nanofibre networks

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Samitsu, Sadaki ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a,c   Peng, Xinsheng ^a,d   Krishnan, Mohan Raj ^a   Fujii, Yoshihisa ^a   Ichinose, Izumi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MESOPOROUS POLYMER; NANOFIBER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONDENSATION; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FREEZING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLVENT;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FREEZING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VAPOR;

EID: 84886681620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3653     Document Type: Article

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